#RentingWhileBlack: Woman Loses Her Apartment Because She Didn’t Show Landlord Her Ultrasound

Tiesha Davis's lawyers have filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of the apartment complex.

In a world where that sends us the message that we can’t sleep in a dorm, sit at a Starbucks or eat at a Waffle House, apparently now we can’t even rent an apartment.

Case in point: This South Florida pregnant woman was denied a new lease because she didn’t show her landlord a copy of her ultrasound.

According to Local 10 News, Tiesha Davis was informed that Jose Galindo, the assistant property manager called her to tell her that her lease at the Sorrento of Miramar wasn’t being renewed. Sorrento of Miramar is an affordable housing complex that benefits from tax dollars.

"To ask for a photograph of the inside of a mother's womb is so intrusive, invasive, it has absolutely no business reason for being in an application for rent.” https://t.co/KyzVofHoX5

Galindo claimed that she didn’t comply with their policy for pregnant tenants.

“He told me you had to give him an ultrasound and a letter from the doctor stating my due date,” Davis said.

Fair housing advocates and her lawyers have filed suit against the owners, calling the policy outrageous.

“To ask for a photograph of the inside of a mother’s womb is so intrusive, invasive, it has absolutely no business reason for being in an application for rent,” said Keenya Robertson, president and CEO of Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence or HOPE.

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